Global Airspace Radar
The invisibility of air traffic control
The better air traffic control (ATC) works, the less likely passengers are to think about it. A flight arrives safely, aircraft move through the skies in sequence and passengers get on with their journeys without ever considering the people coordinating it all from the ground. That is one of ATC’s greatest strengths, but it also raises an interesting question about…
Editor’s Picks
Bringing Large Language Models into ATC: What the industry needs to get right
By Maxime Warnier, CTO at MetSafe The aviation industry is watching Artificial Intelligence and particularly the rise of Large Language…
Europe’s drone trade associations seek amendments to EASA’s “U-space light” proposal
Europe’s three drone trade associations – Alliance for New Mobility Europe, Drone Alliance Europe and Joint European Drone Associations (JEDA) –…
Global spending on C-UAS systems reaches more than USD53 billion in the first eight months of 2026
Spending on counter-UAS systems (C-UAS) by governments around the world between January and September 2026 has reached over USD53 billion…
Stories
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An everyman’s guide to the history of ATC
John van Hoogstraten’s second book, From Control to Cognition, is an interesting surprise in that it is highly accessible to…
French wildfires: How DSNA kept a cool head in the crisis
Wildfires around Bordeaux forced French ANSP DSNA to regulate commercial traffic, reduce en-route capacity, protect critical CNS infrastructure and prepare…
IFATCA and Global Airspace Radar partner for better ATM visibility
IFATCA, the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Associations, announced Global Airspace Radar as its first media partner. Working with…
Global Airspace Radar Magazine
Innovation continues to bubble up across airspace management
Executive Q&A – Frédéric Guigner, CEO, DSNA
Securing aviation with zero trust – Dr. Jan-Henrik Andersson, CTO & CSO, Munich Airport
Embracing the technological shift – Friedrich-Wilhelm Menge, CTO, DFS
Seamless Skies Awards supplement
Opinion
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Skyguide faces a third technical incident in six months. Is there a pattern?
A technical incident forced the Swiss ANSP Skyguide to initiate a ‘clear the sky’ procedure in Zurich early on the…
The strange chaos of the NOTAM closing El Paso
On February 11 2026, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a NOTAM closing the airspace in a radius of 10…
Are pilots the problem with drone safety?
Maybe this is a bit of an attention-grabbing headline, but it might not be so far from the truth. Moonrock…
